Government licenses and German arms exports had risen 96 percent in 2015 to a value of $13.6 billion, a priest said.

The new procedures are intended to fix problems linked to mitochondria, the energy-producing structures outside a cell's nucleus.

Syrian TV showed live footage of a long convoy of ambulances and green buses driving out of Aleppo.

Sao Paulo Cardinal Odilo Scherer said his predecessor "gave his life to God after having generously dedicated it to his brothers in this world."

Christians are the second-highest educated religious group in the world, according to the Pew Research Center.

The woman's killing in a public square was the cruelest moment in the descent of this once proud city.